Tracing Value-added and Double Counting in Gross Exports

NBER Working Paper No. 18579Issued in November 2012, Revised in February 2013

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The views in the paper are those of the authors and may not reflect the views of the USITC, its Commissioners, or any other organization that the authors are affiliated with. We thank William Powers for his contributions in the early stage of this research, Peter Dixon, Kei-Mu Yi and Zhu Kunfu for constructive and generous discussions, the editor (Penny Goldberg) and five referees of this journal and numerous conference and seminar participants for valuable comments, Paul Bernhard and Ravinder Ubee for efficient research assistance, and Nikhil Patel and Joy Glazener for editorial assistance. The authors declare that they have no relevant or material interests that relate to the research described in this paper. The views expressed herein are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Bureau of Economic Research.